Ed Sheeran has so many Guinness World Records titles that we could probably fill a whole book with his achievements.
The British singer has a whopping 16 record titles to his name currently and has previously held many more.
Since 2011, he’s won 186 awards for his music and been nominated for hundreds more.
He’s also had 14 UK No.1 singles and five No.1 albums.
There just seems to be no stopping the hitmaker, who consistently sets records with his singles, albums, and live tours.
While his successes have been incredibly public, he’s always kept his private life away from the cameras as much as possible.
But now, he’s letting fans have a look on the inside with his new documentary Ed Sheeran: The Sum Of It All, which drops on Disney+ today.
The documentary series sees Ed, 32, and his wife Cherry Seaborn, 30, open up about her cancer diagnosis in February 2022.
Ed reveals in the doc that he wrote seven songs in just four hours as he processed his feelings.
The songs are set to feature on his new album Subtract, which could end up bringing him a whole host of new record titles.
In February this year, Ed’s 2017 album ÷ [Divide] was named the most streamed album on Spotify with 12.835 billion plays.
As of that date, the album included five tracks that have all each surpassed 1 billion streams each: “Shape of You” (3.377 billion), “Perfect” (2.333 billion), “Happier” (1.166 billion), “Castle on the Hill” (1.153 billion) and “Galway Girl” (1.130 billion).
His 2018 tour for that album is the highest-grossing music tour in a single year after generating a whopping $429,491,502 (£336,669,000) from 99 shows with a total attendance of 4,800,441.
“Thinking Out Loud” from his 2014 album X spent the most consecutive weeks in UK Top 40 (one single), holding the record with 54 weeks.
The song also holds the record for longest time to reach No.1 on UK singles chart (one run) after it took 19 weeks to climb to the top spot.
Ed’s other records are:
• Most followers on Spotify – 95,345,034 at the time the record was awarded, but now over 111 million
• Most viewers for a live music performance on TikTok – 5.5 million
• First act to debut in UK Top 10 with two singles simultaneously – with “Shape Of You” and “Castle On The Hill” in 2017
• Fastest-selling pop album in the UK by a male artist – in 2017 with ÷ [Divide]
• First act to debut in US Top 10 with two singles simultaneously – in 2017 with “Shape Of You” and “Castle On The Hill”
• Highest-grossing music tour (current year) – in 2018 when his ÷ [Divide] tour grossed $429.4 million (£336.6 million) from 99 concerts
• Most simultaneous UK Top 20 singles – 16 of his tracks in 2017 were in the Top 20 at the same time: "Shape of You", "Galway Girl", "Castle on the Hill”, "Perfect", "New Man", "Happier”, "Dive", "Supermarket Flowers”, "What Do I Know?", "How Would You Feel (Paean)", "Barcelona", "Nancy Mulligan", "Eraser", "Hearts Don't Break Around Here", "Bibia Be Ye Ye", and "Save Myself"
• Most weeks at No.1 in the Netherlands (single) – 15 consecutive weeks in 2017 with “Shape Of You”
• Most weeks at No.1 in Austria (single) – 15 non-consecutive consecutive weeks in 2017 with “Shape Of You”
• Most weeks at No.1 in Canada (single) – 16 consecutive weeks in 2017 with “Shape Of You”, sharing the record with The Black Eyed Peas (USA) for “I Gotta Feeling” in 2009
• Highest attendance for a music tour – Ed’s ÷ [Divide] tour generated a total attendance of 8,882,182 at the 255 shows staged across six continents between 16 March 2017 and 26 August 2019
• Highest-grossing music tour by a solo artist – The ÷ [Divide] tour grossed $776.2 million (£631.3 million)
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